Amanda Bryant-Friedrich (ag3496)

University information

Title: Dean
Unit: Graduate School
Department: Graduate School

Contact information

313-577-1324
5057 Woodward Avenue
Suite 11208
Detroit, 48202

CPHS

Title: Professor
Department:

 Pharmaceutical Sciences

Appointments:
  • Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Dean, Graduate School
     

 

 

Degrees and Certifications:
  • Master of science in chemistry, Duke University, 1992
  • Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls Universität (Heidelberg, Germany), 1997
Positions and Employment:

Amanda Bryant-Friedrich was selected to serve as the next dean of the Wayne State University Graduate School and professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences as of Aug. 1, 2020.

Previously at the University of Toledo, Bryant-Friedrich was dean of the College of Graduate Studies, vice provost for graduate affairs, and professor of medicinal and biological chemistry. She spent her early years in the academy at Oakland University and at Wayne State. 
Professional Memberships:
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Leadership fellow of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Primary Research Interest:

Professor Bryant-Friedrich's research interests center around the study and use of naturally and synthetically modified nucleosides and nucleotides in the determination of disease etiology and drug design and development. 

Amanda Bryant-Friedrich

Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Title: Professor
Department:

 Pharmaceutical Sciences

Appointments:
  • Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Dean, Graduate School
     

 

 

Degrees and Certifications:
  • Master of science in chemistry, Duke University, 1992
  • Ph.D. in pharmaceutical chemistry, Ruprecht-Karls Universität (Heidelberg, Germany), 1997
Positions and Employment:

Amanda Bryant-Friedrich was selected to serve as the next dean of the Wayne State University Graduate School and professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences as of Aug. 1, 2020.

Previously at the University of Toledo, Bryant-Friedrich was dean of the College of Graduate Studies, vice provost for graduate affairs, and professor of medicinal and biological chemistry. She spent her early years in the academy at Oakland University and at Wayne State. 
Professional Memberships:
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Leadership fellow of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Primary Research Interest:

Professor Bryant-Friedrich's research interests center around the study and use of naturally and synthetically modified nucleosides and nucleotides in the determination of disease etiology and drug design and development. 

Amanda Bryant-Friedrich

Graduate School

Title: Dean
Bio Sketch:

Amanda Bryant-Friedrich, Ph.D., is currently dean of the Graduate School and a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Her research interests center around the study and use of naturally and synthetically modified nucleosides and nucleotides in the determination of disease etiology and drug design and development.

She is a fellow of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She also is a leadership fellow of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Amanda Bryant-Friedrich

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